A grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services will be used to conserve films which need urgent rehousing and cleaning to prevent decay.
George Eastman Museum
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CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL | ‘It Can’t Not Be Dance Music’ [POSTPONED]
Chamber ensemble fivebyfive will give the world premieres of two new compositions inspired by the dance-themed photography of James Welling.
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Eastman’s film preservation efforts go digital
Eastman Museum has made a digitized selection of films from its extensive Moving Image Collection available for free online viewing.
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That theater experience, and people giggling, is what at-home content misses
The guidelines for reopening entertainment venues, such as The Dryden Theatre and The Little Theatre, are a moving target.
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Calendar preview: A summer switcheroo
This week’s mix of live, streamed, and drive-through socials, concerts, garden tours, theater, and talks give you options to stay in or venture out responsibly.
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Calendar preview: Out in color
This week’s mix of virtual and in-person events includes social justice talks & town halls, film screenings, and a Pride march & rally for BLM.
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Calendar preview: Spring screening
While we wait for spring, check out this week’s virtual cultural offerings includes gardens tours to theater, poetry readings, and concerts.
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Virtual museums link the broken arts chain
COVID-19 has disrupted in-person visits to the MAG and other museums, but you can experience some exhibitions and other highlights online.
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Eastman Museum cancels 2020 Nitrate Picture Show
The 2020 Nitrate Picture Show is yet another cultural casualty of COVID-19. Eastman Museum announced Wednesday that the 6th Nitrate Picture Show, scheduled for June 4-7, has been postponed to June 3-6, 2021.
Posted inMovies
How to support the silver screens that have gone dark
Mega chains like AMC, Regal, and Cinemark have, for now, shut the doors on their locations nationwide, but many independent theaters don’t have the resources of those corporations to sustain a prolonged closure. Adam Lubitow checks in with the local indie movie houses to find out how patrons can help.
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Virtual tours
There are loads of creative ways the public can still participate in Rochester’s arts scene without leaving home. This week, we write about some of the big galleries and museums, and how you can explore their collections online.
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A wealth of work
George Eastman Museum’s current exhibit, “Bea Nettles: Harvest of Memory,” marks the artist’s first major retrospective in her 50-year career and highlights a lifetime of femme, maternal, and dream-like works.
